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The Declaration of Independence is a statement that is adopted by the second continental congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. the authors of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston

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The actions that led to the Declaration of Independence

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The actions that led to the Declaration of Independence

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The main purpose of the Declaration of Independence

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The main purpose of the Declaration of Independence

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The main purpose of America's Declaration of Independence was to explain to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain. The Revolutionary War had already begun, and several major battles had already taken place. The American colonies had already cut most major ties to England, and had established their own congress, currency, army, and post office. On June 7, 1776, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Richard Henry Lee voiced a resolution that the United States should be completely free of England's influence, and that all political ties between the two countries should be dissolved. Congress agreed and began plans to publish a formal declaration of independence and appointed a committee of five members to draft the declaration. hT

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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage commmon people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.

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Thomas Paine was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence.